Russia tells Google to restrict ads it says contain inaccurate information on casualties


FILE PHOTO The logo of Russias state communications regulator Roskomnadzor is reflected in a laptop screen showing Google start page in this picture illustration taken May 27 2021. REUTERSMaxim ShemetovIllustration

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Russia's state communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, is reflected in a laptop screen showing Google start page, in this picture illustration taken May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday ordered Alphabet Inc's Google to immediately restrict access to information posted as part of Google Ads that it said contained inaccurate information about casualties sustained by Russian forces and Ukrainian civilians.

State communications regulator Roskomnadzor said it had sent a letter to Google demanding that the offending materials be removed and said it would block internet resources that publish such information.

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